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| Thirteen Hours | 
 enlarge | Author: Meghan O'brien
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 10683
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 241
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1602820147
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781602820142
ASIN: 1602820147
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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Book Description
Can you fall in love in thirteen hours?
It's her birthday but lonely workaholic Dana Watts is at the office late, drafting a proposal. The very last interruption she expects comes in the form of the most beautiful breasts she has ever seen. These belong to an incredibly hot woman, who is standing in front of her, stripping to music.
Laurel Stanley performs strip-o-grams to pay her way through school. She has never encountered a more ungrateful recipient than Dana. The uptight project manager makes it clear that she is furious to be distracted from her work by the "gift" a colleague sent and equally appalled by Laurel's occupation.
After Dana is rude and insulting, and insists on escorting Laurel from the building, the two women take an elevator ride that changes everything. Stuck with each other for thirteen long hours after the elevator breaks down, they discover how wrong first impressions can be and how right two strangers can feel together.
Can everything change in less than a day? Dana and Laurel set out to discover if their passionate elevator encounter can mean more in this fast-paced, erotic story of lust, loneliness, fantasy, and desire.
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 Amazingly Hot! May 18, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book. At first I too thought this book would be all about two woman trapped in an elevator for 13 hours. However, the book actually surprised me with a very good story of what happens once they finally get off the elevator. Great character development with both woman. Each realizing they were completely wrong about their first impressions of each other.
Dana comes out of her all work no play persona (she is a nympho) and Laurel is not a really the slutty stripper she was initially believed to be (but she's no nun either) . Each character has to face their insecurities and trust issues and realize that they can have faith, belief and rely on one another.
There is a lot of hot steamy sex in this one so be prepared. This book is a great read so sit back and enjoy the lustful ride.
Way to go me Meghan.
As only Meghan O'Brien can.... May 11, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I was first introduced to Meghan O'Brien when I haphazardly purchased Infinite Loop. I was drawn into that story and riveted by the characters O'Brien created. And it is the same for Thirteen Hours. Dana and Laurel are fully developed, three-dimensional characters. I think that's exactly how I see most of O'Brien's work -- character studies. Most of her work doesn't contain highly complex plot lines, but it does involve highly detailed character development. This is something I've always loved.
But even more than that, O'Brien can write some steamy erotica. An this is certainly steamy! The book has something for every sexual palate. You're bound to find something between the covers of this book to make your mouth water.
Good work, Meghan.
 Romantic and sexy - probably 4.5 stars May 16, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love this author's way with characterization. She is really able to express and highlight the insecurities people feel in an entertaining and illuminating manner. Also, her ability to bring to life the internal worlds of Introverts provides endless insight and entertainment, and allows for the creation of characters who are unique, sympathetic, and wonderfully human. Add to that a lot of sizzling sex and tender romance and we have a winner.
I was initially worried that this book would all take place within the 13 hours Dana and Laurel spend trapped in an elevator together. Not that that's a bad conceit for a book, per se, but I usually like to get more relationship-development than that. Therefore, I was happy that that set-up was only the introduction to their relationship, one that spans the stops and starts as these two women face their fears and insecurities and trust issues and decide to go for their fantasy of a fulfilling, loving relationship. This author has a unique and talented voice that's refreshing. She seems to specialize in character-study, and I love that.
There's some very light bdsm, so if you're terribly averse, you may want to pass on this book. Everyone else should buckle up and prepare to enjoy a sweet and steamy ride.
Hot and dynamic June 23, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
There are already many reviews which list the virtues of the book in terms of hot, hotter, and hottest. And they are all true! Hot it is!
I'd just like to add that it's a dynamic, entertaining read, and the one reason I'm not rating it 5 stars is because it's a bit two-dimensional for my tastes. Personally, I don't think the characters are so very well developed per se, what's fantastically well developed is their sexual persona, which happens practically within a bubble (and I'm not talking about the elevator!), there are no friends to contextualize the relationship, their "work" world is referred to but never brought to the forefront, the family angle is barely touched upon but not really explored...
I did have a LOT of fun with it, and I really do recommend this book for hot, fast-paced enjoyment, but in my humble opinion 5 starring a book requires a bit of extra work in terms of "rounding up" the story.
Hot! June 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Now, isn't it funny how perception changes expectation?
Meghan O'Brien's latest novel is billed as an "erotic romance", which I didn't see until I opened the envelope it was shipped in. Within a millisecond, my expectations of plot went down to zero.
Imagine my surprise when there was one, and well-plotted characters to boot?!?
It's the story of two women, one a workaholic, one introduced as a stripper, who meet when the stripper is sent to the workaholic's workplace as a birthday present. They dislike each other, yadda, yadda, yadda... they get stuck in an elevator together and sex ensues ;) But there is more to their story, the characters are believable and likeable. And there's sex. Lots of hot sex. O'Brien is really good at that, so why shouldn't she exploit her talent.
And this time I can't complain about too much sex as it says so on the cover and can be pleasantly surprised by the bonus plot and characters with depth.
It's of the same caliber as her previous novels, just moved to the correct category this time.
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